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Service Level Management

What is Service Level Management?

The ITIL practice of setting clear business-based targets for service levels and ensuring that delivery of services is properly assessed, monitored, and managed against these targets.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as service level management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on service level management

Requirements naming service level management across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

The organization and the customer agree which services will be delivered. For each service the organization agrees one or more SLAs with the customer, based on the documented service requirements, setting out service level targets, limits on workload and excep...

iso-iec-20000-1-2018::8.3.3 · 8.3.3 Service level management →
ITIL 41 control

Sets targets for service levels grounded in the business (one or more measures stating the service quality expected or achieved) and makes sure delivery is assessed, monitored and managed against them.

itil-4::5.2.15 · 5.2.15 Service level management →

The bank runs a service level management process to manage IT operations while ensuring effective segregation of duties.

rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::35 · Para 35: service level management with segregation of duties →
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 IT Operations. (1) IT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (TM-G-1.5.1) - 24x7 operations + monitoring + service delivery + ITIL + ITSM + operations runbooks + procedures + sound operational practices + automation + DevOps + SRE + IT service management metrics +...

HKMA-TMG1-Operations-Capacity-Problem-Incident · TM-G-1 IT Operations + Capacity + Performance + Problem + Incident Management →

Questions people ask about service level management

What is Service Level Management?
The ITIL practice of setting clear business-based targets for service levels and ensuring that delivery of services is properly assessed, monitored, and managed against these targets.
Why is Service Level Management important for compliance?
Service Level Management is a key concept in Governance. Understanding service level management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Service Level Management?
Service Level Management appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, ITIL 4, RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks, HKMA TM-G-1. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Service Level Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how service level management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.